#+2 points

[mxmia]

lepenya (fifth)

Rating | Warnings; G | No Warnings Apply Relationships; Gen | Findis & Faniel Characters; Findis, Faniel

“I can teach you some games, if you want. I asked uncle Ingwë to teach me the oldest game he could recall.” Findis explained, and Faniel let out an excited squeak. “Yes yes yes!!” She said, and Findis smiled, pulling a chair next to the bed and sitting. “Well, Uncle Ingwë said it was called lepenya…” Findis said, and Faniel nodded, shifting slightly on the bed—not without a hiss of pain—so she could face Findis better. [Or, Findis and Faniel spend the afternoon playing card games.]

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Notes;

For more thoughts/hcs on Faniel, check my post here: The game, lepenya, is a copy of the Spanish game of cards "Cinquillo (Little Five)"; the names of the suits are also copied from that. Here, it's a Vanyarin game that Findis learnt from Ingwë. Quenya Glossary: - Nésaya = (My) sister, sis - Lepenya = Fifth

Findis entered the room and walked towards her sister, who was lying on her bed with a very unamused look on her face. The blankets around her seemed to be perfectly tucked in, so their mother had probably left a few minutes ago. Upon seeing her, however, Faniel’s eyes lit up.

“Findis! Nésaya! I didn’t expect you to come!” Faniel said, and Findis threw her head back with a laugh.

“Ai, you think so lowly of me, Faniel? I wouldn’t miss my sister’s begetting day!” She replied, showing her the box she was holding. Faniel gasped.

“That’s for… me?” She asked, and Findis nodded, giving her the box. She knew Faniel would like her present no matter what—because she was here to give her a present, unlike other years—but she hoped she’d chosen correctly. Faniel tucked a strand of pale-blonde hair behind her ear and opened it, revealing a set of cards. They were quite worn, but Findis knew how much she appreciated historical things with use, and this was exactly the case.

“I can teach you some games, if you want. I asked uncle Ingwë to teach me the oldest game he could recall.” Findis explained, and Faniel let out an excited squeak.

“Yes yes yes!!” She said, and Findis smiled, pulling a chair next to the bed and sitting.

“Well, Uncle Ingwë said it was called lepenya…” Findis said, and Faniel nodded, shifting slightly on the bed—not without a hiss of pain—so she could face Findis better.

“Fifth?”

“Yes. You must put all the cards in order, starting with the Fifth of Coins. The cards are the same as the ones in the Vanyarin deck, the ones we have are just older. From Cuiviénen, actually.” Findis said, before adding, “They somehow survived the Journey!”

“Woah! That is— Amazing, thank you, Findis.” Faniel said, wiping her eyes dry with the back of her sleeve.

“Hey, I’d do everything for my little sister.” Findis said, squeezing Faniel’s hand until the girl smiled.

She cut the deck in half, handing some to Faniel to shuffle and shuffling the other herself until she was satisfied. Then, she shuffled the two halves and dealt half the deck to Faniel, keeping the other to herself.

“The one who has the Five of Coins has to start, then we have to build up by adding the Four or Six or putting another Five.” Findis explained, and at Faniel’s slow nod she continued, “Such as the Five of Cups, or Swords—”

“Or Wands. Alright. What happens when you finish a suit?” She asked, voice more cheerful than Findis had heard since Faniel had come back from Estë’s Gardens with no apparent remedy to her pain. She could only imagine in how much pain her little sister was, but she knew she’d do anything to remedy it.

“Nothing, actually. The one who finished the last one is the one who wins. You can skip turns to mess with people, though.” Findis said, grinning.

Faniel’s eyes lit up mischievously. “Ohhh, I’ll definitely ask Lalwen to play with me next time she comes. Oh, and Ara!” She said, and her smile was incredibly wide.

“But before that you have to learn how to play, little lady! Come on, let’s start.” 

#findis #faniel #silmarillion #house of finwe #finweans #tolkien fic #my fic #my writing #fellowshipofthefics #fotfics treasure hunt #+2 points #the silmarillion #silm #lepenya (fifth) #finwëohíni

[bigweldindustries]

going through the hades 2 stuff and im sorry but i just have to ramble a second because look at Hephaestus

he's not just a wheelchair user but also an amputee. an above knee amputee. wheelchair users are already next to nonexistant in video games but amputees exist in this really...disheartening? spot where they're pretty much just reduced to "person with a cybernetic limb" - it's always just somewhere from "just a cool visual design" to flat out "superpower". I can't think of a video game amputee that is actually disabled by their limb differences - I'm all for futuristic worlds where prosthetics and other disability aids are far advanced from what they are now, but that's not really what's implied by these designs. They're just... Cool designs that in no way reflect on the real-world experience of being an amputee.

Look at Hephaestus, though. Look at that prosthetic. Whilst stylised it very much looks like it functions like common mechanical knees - knee bends when thigh is lifted, knee straightens when thigh is lowered. He's a wheelchair user as well as a prosthetic user - every prosthetic user I know is also a wheelchair user as a prosthetic is not usable in every occasion and also cause exhaustion and pain if used constantly.

Whilst we can't see much of his wheelchair the position he's sat in and the wheels very much evoke active wheelchair to me - this carries on to very specifically the thickness of his arms. Whilst a lot of Hades designs are muscular Hephaestus has very noticeably thick arms - which makes sense, as active wheelchairs require a lot of arm strength.

Just overall this design is making me want to cry - he's not just an actual wheelchair user in a video game, he's a realistic depiction of an amputee, a disability usually brushed over in order to give a character a fun design quirk and nothing else. He's fat and he's hot and he's a realistic depiction of an above knee amputee. Oh my god. Oh my god?

#axel grinds on #hades 2 #hephaestus hades #sorry i need to get this out of my system im going to eat my ELBOWS #i am not an amputee myself #but my dad is an above knee amputee and i know many amputees through him #and i just need to point out. this design. this DESIGN #greatest hits

[nickydraws]

Yeah, I'm normal about him

#i am not normal about him #at this point every sketch magically turns into crowley #or aziraphale or them together #thin dark duke #good omens #good omens fanart #crowley #david tennant #art #good omens 2 #ineffable husbands

[lxboratorii]

and they say wine is romantic

#lxboart #fanart #good omens #good omens 2 #goodomemes #good omens 2 spoilers #go2 spoilers #good omens fanart #ineffable idiots #because that's the whole point of aziraphale not being on this pic #therefore #ineffable bureaucracy #vinylatte #“if you squint” except it's right in your face #someone on discord asked me to do this #the fly in good omens 2

[joycrispy]

Awhile ago @ouidamforeman made this post:

This shot through my brain like a chain of firecrackers, so, without derailing the original post, I have some THOUGHTS to add about why this concept is not only hilarious (because it is), but also...

It. It kind of fucks. Severely.

And in a delightfully Pratchett-y way, I'd dare to suggest.

I'll explain:

As inferred above, both Crowley AND Aziraphale have canonical Biblical counterparts. Not by name, no, but by function.

Crowley, of course, is the serpent of Eden.

(note on the serpent of Eden: In Genesis 3:1-15, at least, the serpent is not identified as anything other than a serpent, albeit one that can talk. Later, it will be variously interpreted as a traitorous agent of Hell, as a demon, as a guise of Satan himself, etc. In Good Omens --as a slinky ginger who walks funny)

Lesser known, at least so far as I can tell, is the flaming sword. It, too, appears in Genesis 3, in the very last line:

"So he drove out the man; and placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life." --Genesis 3:24, KJV

Thanks to translation ambiguity, there is some debate concerning the nature of the flaming sword --is it a divine weapon given unto one of the Cherubim (if so, why only one)? Or is it an independent entity, which takes the form of a sword (as other angelic beings take the form of wheels and such)? For our purposes, I don't think the distinction matters. The guard at the gate of Eden, whether an angel wielding the sword or an angel who IS the sword, is Aziraphale.

(note on the flaming sword: in some traditions --Eastern Orthodox, for example-- it is held that upon Christ's death and resurrection, the flaming sword gave up it's post and vanished from Eden for good. By these sensibilities, the removal of the sword signifies the redemption and salvation of man.

...Put a pin in that. We're coming back to it.)

So, we have our pair. The Serpent and the Sword, introduced at the beginning and the end (ha) of the very same chapter of Genesis.

But here's the important bit, the bit that's not immediately obvious, the bit that nonetheless encapsulates one of the central themes, if not THE central theme, of Good Omens:

The Sword was never intended to guard Eden while Adam and Eve were still in it.

Do you understand?

The Sword's function was never to protect them. It doesn't even appear until after they've already fallen. No... it was to usher Adam and Eve from the garden, and then keep them out. It was a threat. It was a punishment.

The flaming sword was given to be used against them.

So. Again. We have our pair. The Serpent and the Sword: the inception and the consequence of original sin, personified. They are the one-two punch that launches mankind from paradise, after Hell lures it to destruction and Heaven condemns it for being destroyed. Which is to say that despite being, supposedly, hereditary enemies on two different sides of a celestial cold war, they are actually unified by one purpose, one pivotal role to play in the Divine Plan: completely fucking humanity over.

That's how it's supposed to go. It is written.

...But, in Good Omens, they're not just the Serpent and the Sword.

They're Crowley and Aziraphale.

(author begins to go insane from emotion under the cut)

In Good Omens, humanity is handed it's salvation (pin!) scarcely half an hour after losing it. Instead of looming over God's empty garden, the sword protects a very sad, very scared and very pregnant girl. And no, not because a blameless martyr suffered and died for the privilege, either.

It was just that she'd had such a bad day. And there were vicious animals out there. And Aziraphale worried she would be cold.

...I need to impress upon you how much this is NOT just a matter of being careless with company property. With this one act of kindness, Aziraphale is undermining the whole entire POINT of the expulsion from Eden. God Herself confronts him about it, and he lies. To God.

And the Serpent--

(Crowley, that is, who wonders what's so bad about knowing the difference between good and evil anyway; who thinks that maybe he did a GOOD thing when he tempted Eve with the apple; who objects that God is over-reacting to a first offense; who knows what it is to fall but not what it is to be comforted after the fact...)

--just goes ahead and falls in love with him about it.

As for Crowley --I barely need to explain him, right? People have been making the 'didn't the serpent actually do us a solid?' argument for centuries. But if I'm going to quote one of them, it may as well be the one Neil Gaiman wrote ficlet about:

"If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He was the first schoolmaster, the first advocate of learning, the first enemy of ignorance, the first to whisper in human ears the sacred word liberty, the creator of ambition, the author of modesty, of inquiry, of doubt, of investigation, of progress and of civilization." --Robert G. Ingersoll

The first to ask questions.

Even beyond flattering literary interpretation, we know that Crowley is, so often, discreetly running damage control on the machinations of Heaven and Hell. When he can get away with it. Occasionally, when he can't (1827).

And Aziraphale loves him for it, too. Loves him back.

And so this romance plays out over millennia, where they fall in love with each other but also the world, because of each other and because of the world. But it begins in Eden. Where, instead of acting as the first Earthly example of Divine/Diabolical collusion and callousness--

(other examples --the flood; the bet with Satan; the back channels; the exchange of Holy Water and Hellfire; and on and on...)

--they refuse. Without even necessarily knowing they're doing it, they just refuse. Refuse to trivialize human life, and refuse to hate each other.

To write a story about the Serpent and the Sword falling in love is to write a story about transgression.

Not just in the sense that they are a demon and an angel, and it's ~forbidden. That's part of it, yeah, but the greater part of it is that they are THIS demon and angel, in particular. From The Real Bible's Book of Genesis, in the chapter where man falls.

It's the sort of thing you write and laugh. And then you look at it. And you think. And then you frown, and you sit up a little straighter. And you think.

And then you keep writing.

And what emerges hits you like a goddamn truck.

(...A lot of Pratchett reads that way. I believe Gaiman when he says Pratchett would have been happy with the romance, by the way. I really really do).

It's a story about transgression, about love as transgression. They break the rules by loving each other, by loving creation, and by rejecting the hatred and hypocrisy that would have triangulated them as a unified blow against humanity, before humanity had even really got started. And yeah, hell, it's a queer romance too, just to really drive the point home (oh, that!!! THAT!!!)

...I could spend a long time wildly gesturing at this and never be satisfied. Instead of watching me do that (I'll spare you), please look at this gif:

I love this shot so much.

Look at Eve and Crowley moving, at the same time in the same direction, towards their respective wielders of the flaming sword. Adam reaches out and takes her hand; Aziraphale reaches out and covers him with a wing.

You know what a shot like that establishes? Likeness. Commonality. Kinship.

"Our side" was never just Crowley and Aziraphale. Crowley says as much at the end of season 1 ("--all of us against all of them."). From the beginning, "our side" was Crowley, Aziraphale, and every single human being. Lately that's around 8 billion, but once upon a time it was just two other people. Another couple. The primeval mother and father.

But Adam and Eve die, eventually. Humanity grows without them. It's Crowley and Aziraphale who remain, and who protect it. Who...oversee it's upbringing.

Godfathers. Sort of.

#good omens #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #good omens 2 #crowley #aziraphale #good omens meta #I have no idea if I've made a coherent point here but I'm tired of this being in my drafts; RAW FEELINGS IT IS #it's about being sent to destroy and instead staying to love and protect and nurture I'M CRAZY I'M CRAZY RAAAAAAAGGHHHH #gnu terry pratchett

[shardofsun]

#hades game #hades 2 #hades ii #i dont even know how many people have requested access at this point #im sure it is. a lot.

[krysmcscience]

Call this the Whoopsie AU (it's barely an AU)

I mean. Narinder never explicitly SAID the Lamb would stay dead... :3c He probably should have been more specific. >:3c

Part Two:

Well. The Lamb tried, but...sorry, Nari, the crown hates you now. Shouldn't have been so quick to lend it out, I guess. :D

Aaaand Part Three:

'Isn't he just adorable?' -The Lamb, probably, while their followers smile and nod and internally scream at the brand new hellcat they now have to share living space with...

Anyway, nothing says 'Dead To Me' like following a person around to loudly remind them of how dead they are to you. Right? Right. Narinder's got this all figured out. <:]

#fanart #comics #cult of the lamb #cotl #narilamb #cotl lamb #cotl narinder #cotl yellow cat #this is my headcanon and i'm sticking to it #the lamb is a goofy stabby-babby goober and narinder is just a grumpy asshole who constantly velcroes onto them for hella snuggles #look - if you've been trapped in the afterlife void for over a thousand years - you are GONNA want a fuckton of snuggles #that's just science #the scribble comic i did with narinder and the yellow cat can technically work as part four i guess #only instead of the lamb Going Gremlin at the attempt to steal their other followers' devotion #they just comin' at him for Rad Cuddles OuO #someday i will draw these two with the proper height difference i imagine them having #today is not that day #today is also not the day i pin down exactly how long i want narinder's tail to be #(but i want it to be Very Long - just because) #there are inconsistencies here and there and probably some mistakes but i have been working on these for a week and i am So Tired guys #EDIT: haha yeah i forgot to color in narinder's fukken ears again #fuk :) #EDIT 2: i fixed it but it's probably too late at this point lmao #EDIT 3: THE LAMB'S FUKKEN HORNS JFC #i am not editing this thing anymore cuz i need sleep and the mistakes are already out there *dies of artist mortification*

[bucketsofgiggles]

i am absolutely l o s i n g it at Tommy "Desert Storm Vet and Texan in 2003 When the World Ended" Miller realizing he's now a communist, like look at this:

this man's whole worldview got Rocked

#the last of us #tlou #the last of us hbo #the last of us hbo spoilers #this ep has been quite funny so far #wonder if that'll end at some point #edit: yeah the funny times be over #edit 2: christ almighty i've never had a post this popular and it Actually Does Suck A Little #but also glad y'all found this just as funny as me

[sophsun1]

#interview with the vampire #cinematv #filmtvcentral #dailyflicks #userstream #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #armand #*screaming* #I CANNOT FUCKING WAIT #iwtv season 2 #3k

[nipuni]

😔 Oh Crowley..

#good omens #good omens 2 #crowley #ineffable husbands #the sketch got out of hand #this series has so much stuff I love to draw like clouds fabrics historical fashion flowy hair wings religious imagery stars sad old men- #I'll get better at drawing actors at some point just bear with me for now #my art

[kaitcake1289]

Who are you, Louis?

#i totally blocked out louis' face for meaning and not bc i struggled painting his face for 20 minutes #also obligatory 'i drew this in ms paint 🤓' mention #kaitsart #interview with the vampire #claudia iwtv #louis de pointe du lac #jacob anderson #delainey hayles #iwtv #iwtv fanart #claudia du pointe du lac #iwtv season 2 #interview with the vampire 2022 #ms paint #interview with the vampire fanart

[walking-dead-girrl]

NO breakup hits as hard as it does in a queer tv show about two middle aged men who go through a horrifically tragic divorce when they were never dating in the first place

#bonus points if it got cancelled #bonus BONUS points if it was queerbait! #bbc sherlock #sherlock #hannibal #nbc hannibal #and of course: #good omens #gomens #good omens 2 #ineffable divorce #supernatural #destiel #i know crowley and aziraphale aren't “men” im just bunching a ton of ships up

[toasterfroggy]

going through my second rewatch of good omens season 2, and i've spotted something on Nina's chalkboard...

let's look a little closer........

CROWLEY + AZIRAPHALE

#i was so happy when i saw this #i hope no one else has pointed it out #good omens #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2 #go2 #neil gaiman #david tennant #michael sheen #aziraphale #crowley #anthony j crowley #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #3k #5k

[ineffable-romantics]

The thing is, I don't think Aziraphale thinks of it as changing Crowley at all. To him, Pre-Fall Crowley and Demon Crowley are the same person, kind and fun and sweet and cool and equally beloved. So to him, there should be no difference whether Crowley is here on Earth or up in Heaven with him, he'll still just be Crowley, and at least this way they would be safe and protected.

All the while Crowley sees it as Aziraphale's long-term love and acceptance being conditional (like God's that was already ripped away), that Aziraphale has just been slumming it with him being a demon bc there wasn't anything they could do about it, and that he's jumping at the chance to fundamentally change Crowley the first chance he gets.

#i love and understand aziraphale's point of view #genuinely i do #but also #fuck you a little bit aziraphale #Good omens #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2 #good omens season 2 spoilers #good omens 2 #good omens 2 spoilers #gos #gos spoilers #gos2 #gos2 spoilers #gomens #gomens spoilers #gomens 2 #gomens 2 spoilers #good omens s2 spoilers #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #aziraphale #crowley #pre fall crowley #angel crowley #meta #mine

[sky-is-the-limit]

𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢, 𝚍𝚘𝚐𝚐𝚢, 𝚌𝚘𝚠𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕, 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚙𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚠𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕, 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚍𝚘𝚐𝚐𝚢, 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢, 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚗, 𝚕𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚑𝚘𝚐, 𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚘, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚐𝚐𝚢, 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚎, 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛, 𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚞𝚜, 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚕𝚢, 𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚕, 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛, 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚞𝚜𝚑, 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚘𝚙, 𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚜, 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚡 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚝, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚐 𝚞𝚙, 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚜 𝚞𝚙, 𝚞𝚙𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚍, 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛, 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗, 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑, 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚎.

(gif cred: @itspapillonnoir)

#I'm legit losing it. The things I would do for this man? The things I would do to that man?!?!?! #I'd have him stretch it so wide that he could take a dive in it. It's pulsing his name in morse code at this point. #need his dick so fucking far up inside that my bellybutton would start to worry #arthur morgan #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 smut #arthur morgan smut #arthur morgan x reader

[assiraphales]

love that when luffy heard the name roronoa zoro & found out he was an extremely feared pirate hunter to the point that people called him a demon his first reaction was ‘I’m going to see that guy’ then when he found out he had a soft spot/good person he was like ‘OHHHH he’s coming home w me’. and as for zoro, he was like huh that kid’s crazy. sure I’ll join his non existent pirate crew and follow him into danger. perhaps even die for him! and within a week they’re communicating practically telepathically. first mate successfully acquired

#one piece #one piece anime #just on episode 2 lololol #but it’s actually crazy how much of the anime they worked into the show #the relationships and plot points #not opla #monkey d luffy #roronoa zoro #zolu #luzo